Yes, I did try with some canned air - I've never tried to remove the case on one of these, so I just shot the air into the fan and then into the exhaust. Didn't seem to do much tho. I should maybe try that again before I give up. The frustrating part is that I love the card except for this one thing and it only happens maybe once every couple of days. But still....it is a defect and quite annoying.

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